08-08-11 (8-9 & 8-10) City Council Meeting including a Budget Workshop of La Porte City Council

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• Representatives from the protected classes'; • Minority business leaders; • Affordable housing providers; • School district leadership, including members of the local school board; • Members from local organizations that advocate on behalf of members of the protected classes (i.e., disability advocates, NAACP chapter president, etc.); • Developers of affordable housing in that jurisdiction; and • Community based improvement associations. Step Two ® Develop a Process & Gather Data Select Work Group Officers. The Work Group should collectively select members to serve as Chair, Secretary, and Data Collection Chair. Create a Working Time Table. The Work Group should set a schedule for future meeting times, as well as a draft timeline for completing the FHAST form. Review the 2010 Texas Phase 1 Analysis of Impediments (the "Al") in detail. Each member of the Work Group should review the Al. The Al can be downloaded at http:// www.tdhca.state.tx.us /cdbZ/ike- and- dolly/ai -a enda.htm or a copy can be requested by calling 866 - 206 -1084. Gather relevant information. Several basic documents will be necessary to fill out the FHAST Form. These documents should be gathered in advance of step 3. The documents include: • Local demographic maps (may be found in appendix D of the Al). • The GIS maps of federal housing and community development benefits when they are available (may be found at http: / /www.glo. texas .gov /GLO/disaster- recovery- funding /index.html , the GLO). • List of housing discrimination complaints (may be found in appendix C of the Al). It is the Data Collection Chair's responsibility to understand, identify, and bring the Work Group the various documents that will be needed for the Work Group to complete its planning. Step Tree ® Assess the data and fill out the MAST for Discuss each action step of the FHAST form. The Work Group should thoroughly review the data collected and discuss each impediment in the Al as it relates to that jurisdiction. Based on this review and discussion, the Work Group should identify specific actions that could be taken locally to address each of the impediments enumerated in the FHAST Form. Each proposed i As previously noted, the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (as amended) prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, presence of a disability, and familial status.